On Sat, 10 Mar 2001, Tom Rittenhouse wrote:
> Well, I thought "proof" is a limited run of coins minted
> primarily as collector items. Sort of like the LX-2000. They
> would be expected to be mint, of course.
True, they're printed specially for collecting, as someone pointed out, so
that analogy isn't perfect. Personally, I feel that "mint" is overused
(like every other good grade), and when I see "mint+" from a PDML member I
assume that the item is absolutely pristine. I don't care if it's called
"mint doubleplusgood +++" as long as it looks like it. What I hate are
descriptions like "MINT AND PERFECT, except for the rust and fungus, and
those scratches where my iguana mated with it." The only thing I hate
worse than that are the descriptions that leave out everything after "MINT
AND PERFECT" when there should be five lines of qualifications (or
preferably a lower grade <g>).
> And the <sarcastic mode> was meant to be humorous, I mean, people I
> know don't talk like that. And going out of my way to make it clear I
> was being sarcastic, I thought would be taken to be in fun. It
> certainly was more apparent than a smiley face. But, I guess one
> man's sense of humor is another man's rudeness.
True. And it's often hard to judge tone over e-mail.
chris
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